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IndieAuthors.Social NewsBeta readers: your book’s first reality check and why you need itI’ve just sent the manuscript of my memoir – the follow-up to Not Quite Lost – to beta readers. I announced this on Twitter and immediately was asked: what do you need in a beta reader and where do you find them? Beta… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/beta-readers-your-books-first-reality-check-and-why-you-need-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/beta-readers-your-books-first-reality-check-and-why-you-need-it/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/beingedited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beingedited</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/betareader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#betareader</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/betareaderquestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#betareaderquestions</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/betareaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#betareaders</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social News‘Being able to build a creative career has been a privilege’ – talking to memoirist Nina Boug LichtensteinI’m always curious to know how we end up making our lives in the creative arts. For some, it’s in their family culture. Others find their own… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/being-able-to-build-a-creative-career-has-been-a-privilege-talking-to-memoirist-nina-boug-lichtenstein/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/being-able-to-build-a-creative-career-has-been-a-privilege-talking-to-memoirist-nina-boug-lichtenstein/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/authorlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authorlife</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/BodyMyLifeInParts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BodyMyLifeInParts</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/creativecareers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativecareers</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsThree sneaky style sins that confuse your reader (and how to fix them)Smart writing knows how it’s handling the reader. It knows what it’s making them notice. Where it’s directing their curiosity. How it’s making them feel. There are many factors to this, including the… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/three-sneaky-style-sins-that-confuse-your-reader-and-how-to-fix-them/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/three-sneaky-style-sins-that-confuse-your-reader-and-how-to-fix-them/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/clarityinwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clarityinwriting</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/contextinascene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contextinascene</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/headhopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#headhopping</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/howtoselfedit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#howtoselfedit</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social News‘I started to write as a way of organising my life’ – talking to novelist Janet ClareJanet Clare has just released her second novel, but when she began writing it was purely a personal practice, with no thoughts of being published. From small starts… I’ll let her explain. When I… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/i-started-to-write-as-a-way-of-organising-my-life-talking-to-novelist-janet-clare/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/i-started-to-write-as-a-way-of-organising-my-life-talking-to-novelist-janet-clare/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/authorlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authorlife</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/conceptsofhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conceptsofhome</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsFrom flash of lightning to finished novel: a writer’s survival guideYour muse is a gift and also a curse. It blesses you with a big idea, slaps it on the desk like a mad boss and runs around cackling about how clever it’s been. ‘Build me a tower with twiddles on top,’ it says,… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/from-flash-of-lightning-to-finished-novel-a-writers-survival-guide/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/from-flash-of-lightning-to-finished-novel-a-writers-survival-guide/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativewriting</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/howtodefeatwritersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#howtodefeatwritersblock</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsWhen Clint Eastwood made my day. And other tales from writing lifeHow do you recognise a creative person? They’ll open a box no one else has thought to look in. My friend John McCaffrey, who as a novelist, essayist, reviewer, short story writer and writing teacher, is creative in every atom… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/when-clint-eastwood-made-my-day-and-other-tales-from-writing-life/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/when-clint-eastwood-made-my-day-and-other-tales-from-writing-life/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Interviews</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcasts</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authors</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ClintEastwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClintEastwood</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsWhen an editor becomes a novelist – talking to Howard LovyHoward Lovy has spent his professional life in the world of words. He’s a seasoned journalist, podcaster and editor. But recently he’s found himself on the creative side of writing and has just published his first novel, Found and Lost: The Jake… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/when-an-editor-becomes-a-novelist-talking-to-howard-lovy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/when-an-editor-becomes-a-novelist-talking-to-howard-lovy/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/editorturnedwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editorturnedwriter</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editors</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsAvoid this common mistake when humanising your charactersA familiar device in fiction is to humanise a main character by giving them a quirk or unexpected trait. The detective who’s an accomplished tap-dancer. The surgeon who listens to punk rock in the operating theatre. The lawyer who has a pet iguana… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/avoid-this-common-mistake-when-humanising-your-characters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/avoid-this-common-mistake-when-humanising-your-characters/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Buffy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buffy</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Buffylessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buffylessons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsA life full of creative fire – novelist Jill Amber ChafinJill Amber Chafin says she’s always been ‘full of creative fire’. At the age of 10 she was writing stories. As a teenager she was working on novels and a memoir. Then she discovered she yearned to express herself through dance and aerial… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/a-life-full-of-creative-fire-novelist-jill-amber-chafin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/a-life-full-of-creative-fire-novelist-jill-amber-chafin/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/authorinterview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authorinterview</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/creativelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creativelife</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

IndieAuthors.Social NewsAvoid this problem when writing a mysteryI’ve been discovering the TV series Severance. It’s intriguing, enigmatic and compelling, but I have one big anxiety. Will it play fair with all these mysteries? What do I mean by that? Let’s consider what we enjoy in a mystery. It’s the questions. But that’s because we… <a href="https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/avoid-this-problem-when-writing-a-mystery/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/avoid-this-problem-when-writing-a-mystery/</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Howtowriteabook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Howtowriteabook</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/AgathaChristie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgathaChristie</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreviews</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

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